NBA 2002-03Regular season

Final

Utah Jazz96–91Houston Rockets

Utah Jazz at Houston Rockets

Date: Monday 23 December 2002
Arena: Compaq Center13,803 fans
Season: NBA 2002-03Regular season
Meeting: 161st meetingof 269 played

Utah Jazz

Utah Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Karl Malone	40:53	14–26	0–0	3–4	3	6	9	6	2	0	1	3	31	-1
Matt Harpring	39:57	9–14	1–1	6–6	3	3	6	4	4	1	1	2	25	+11
John Stockton	29:40	3–6	0–1	2–2	1	2	3	11	3	0	4	2	8	+8
Mark Jackson	18:20	1–4	0–1	0–0	0	1	1	6	1	0	2	3	2	-3
Tony Massenburg	12:37	0–1	0–0	1–2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	-9
Scott Padgett	7:28	0–2	0–2	0–0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	+1
John Amaechi	5:58	1–1	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	-6
Calbert Cheaney	—	7–12	1–3	0–0	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	15	-5
Andrei Kirilenko	—	1–4	0–1	5–5	0	2	2	1	2	3	1	1	7	+11
Greg Ostertag	—	2–4	0–0	1–1	3	3	6	1	0	3	1	5	5	+18
Team totals	154:53	38–74	2–9	18–20	10	20	30	31	14	7	16	20	96	—

Houston Rockets

Houston Rockets box score
Player	MIN	FG	3P	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS	+/−
Steve Francis	41:03	9–12	1–2	7–7	0	2	2	8	1	0	7	3	26	+4
Yao Ming	34:15	6–12	0–0	6–6	1	6	7	4	2	3	5	2	18	+6
Moochie Norris	20:58	2–4	0–0	0–0	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	0	4	+1
Maurice Taylor	19:58	1–6	0–0	0–0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	2	+3
Kelvin Cato	13:45	2–3	0–1	2–2	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	6	-11
Eddie Griffin	—	6–10	1–3	0–0	2	0	2	2	1	2	1	4	13	-8
Cuttino Mobley	—	4–11	0–5	2–2	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	10	-10
Glen Rice	—	2–3	2–3	0–0	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	3	6	-5
James Posey	—	3–4	0–1	0–0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	3	6	-5
Team totals	129:59	35–65	4–15	17–17	5	19	24	21	9	5	21	21	91	—

This season

Houston Rockets 1, Utah Jazz 3 in NBA 2002-03.

23 Dec 200296–91 this game
11 Feb 2003Utah Jazz 103–101 Houston Rockets
12 Feb 2003Houston Rockets 106–76 Utah Jazz
9 Apr 2003Houston Rockets 73–94 Utah Jazz

Records going in

Utah Jazz: 14–12
Houston Rockets: 15–11

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Houston Rockets 130, Utah Jazz 139.

26 Mar 2002Houston Rockets 105–109 Utah Jazz
11 Feb 2003Utah Jazz 103–101 Houston Rockets

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.